(MUST READ): 10 Harmful And Good Effects Of Alcohol

 


Alcohol consumption differs from person to person, but in most cases people don’t know their gauge the risk in disguise its consumption is doing to their bodies.
Here are 10 facts you need to know about alcohol consumption

• There are two definitions for “safe” drinking, according to The U.S. Dietary Guidelines which are having up to 1 drink per day for women and up to 2 drinks per day for men.

• The current body of evidence doesn’t show whether there are significant differences between someone who drinks at this level versus someone who never drinks. In some cases, there’s strong evidence to suggest that moderate wine consumption could actually benefit the heart.

• Due to individual’s patterns and sensitiveness, people tend to handle and control the amount of alcohol consumption better than other. If you genuinely stay within the healthy drinking limits, you’re likely at a low risk for alcohol-related health problems down the line.

• The habbit of heavy drinking is more pronounced among students and young men to show off their drinking edge over colleagues as such, they become a binge drinker.

• Even at the college or young age so to say, one is not expected to go beyond five drinks for men and four for women within two hours.

• The risks associated with heavy drinking are well pronounced like it increases the risk for sexual assault, violence and self-harm.

• Drinking too much alcohol can also increase your risk for certain cancers like mouth and breast. Regular heavy drinking also increases the risk for some alcohol dependence.

• Regular binge drinking can damage the frontal cortex and areas of the brain involved in executive functions and decision making.

• Alcohol slows down the pace of the neurotransmitters in your brain that are critical for proper body responses and even moods. Abstaining from alcohol over several months to a year may allow structural brain changes to partially correct. Abstinence also can help reverse negative effects on thinking skills, including problem­ solving, memory, and attention.

• Long term drinking can also hurt your heart muscles making them unable to contract properly. It can also harm liver, pancreas and immune system function. Heavy drinking can prevent the protective white blood cells in your body to attack bacterial invaders like they’re supposed to.

On the positive side, here are five unbelievable advantages of taking alcohol.